Commentary: Labor Day Holiday Travel Soars With Recovery in Flights, Hotels

The Labor Day holiday this year, the same as last year, lasted five days. However, this year’s holiday saw a noticeable surge in long-distance and outbound tourism. That was partly because during last year’s holiday, the capacity of the services sector had yet to fully recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Now that the sector has regained some strength, prices have dropped, and demand has increased.